Does Denver Have Clean Air

They found that metro Denver residents faced an average EPA AQI level of 64, with 274 days in 2018 during which air quality was moderately degraded or unhealthy — more than in almost every other large metro area with populations topping 1 million.

Does Denver have bad air quality?

DENVER — Denver topped the list of the most polluted major cities in the world Saturday on the air quality tracking website IQAir.com. The site said Denver’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was as high as 179 (Unhealthy) as of the time of this writing, with a PM2.

How polluted is the air in Denver?

At the beginning of 2021, Denver was experiencing a period of “Moderate” air quality with a US AQI reading of 56. This is according to recommended levels from the World Health Organisation (WHO). The concentration of the PM2. 5 pollutant was 14.6 µg/m³.